@pathfinder@actuallyautistic I have a pet theory as to why British people in particular aren’t very proficient in learning other languages.
This is a bit of a joke of course so, not to be taken seriously, but, I think British people already have too much to learn as every town essentially speaks a different language. The rest of the world don’t have this problem to the same degree so they can at least squeeze the simplified and abridged version of English in there next to their own.